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Summary: Please write more in this series
Review: I really enjoyed both books in this series. I liked the combination of fantasy/mystery/romance/humor. Sookie is a great character. These two books were flat out fun. I read Dead Until Dark and immediately went out and got Living Dead in Dallas. Then I went back and started reading everything I could find from this author. There may be quite a few vampire books around, but this author's characters and storyline are interesting, the romance is titillating without being obscene, and the humor is actually funny. I even like the cover art. I hope she writes more -- soon. And I hope she spends more time developing Sookie and Bill's relationship.
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Summary: It's almost like 2 books in one
Review: In the second book of The Southern Vampire series, Sookie is summoned to Dallas to help locate a missing vampire. There she must investigate a vampire hating organization, The Fellowship of the Sun. Meanwhile, back in Sookie's hometown, one of her co-workers has been murdered and a cop has been framed.This actually feels like two books in one even though it's not a long book. The story in the beginning and the end of the book is almost completely separate from the middle. This doesn't really hurt the enjoyment of the book though. I found this book to be less enjoyable then the first because Sookie gets the stuffing beat out of her all the time. It gets annoying after a while. The best thing about this book are the bits of Bill's past and Eric's expanded role. All in all there's more action and less romance. Not quite as enjoyable as the first but still a great read.
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Summary: Unusual
Review: Unlike most heroines, Sookie is not super smart and strong. Instead shes a down to earth dizy blonde waitress who just happens to be telepathic.
This is the second book in the southern vampire series. And it is as good -if not better- than the first, which if you have not read, read it before you read this one.
Still dating the vampire Bill, Sookie is called to help a group of vampires in Dallas, who need her mind reading skills.
She also meets up again with the increadibly sexy Eric (And I find my self hoping she'll ditch Bill and start going out with Eric). All in all this is another brillant book by Charlaine Harris.
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Summary: Not as good as Dead Until Dark - and somewhat repetitive
Review: Reading Dead Until Dark and Living Dead In Dallas back-to-back, the reader could be forgiven for thinking that the murder rate in Merlotte's Bar is well over that in Inspecter Morse's Oxford. In Dead Until Dark, a couple of Sookie's work colleagues were murdered; in this book, Merlotte's suffers a similar haemorrhage of staff. Added to that, there are other plots afoot: Bill continues his work as a sort of vampire 'union official', and Eric starts to rent out Sookie's help and mind-reading skills. He sends her to Dallas to investigate attacks on vampires there. Interestingly, Bill has to travel by sealed coffin on a conventional aeroplane; I thought it had been established in Dead Until Dark that he could fly. This is a pretty violent book, and shows that Harris is more interested in mystery/suspense than she is in romance, although some parts of the book are given over to Sookie and Bill's relationship. Sookie is still having difficulty coming to terms with aspects of Bill's vampire nature, such as his need to hunt and feed and occasionally to feed off humans other than herself. However, Sookie herself worries me. She's in love with Bill - and yet she finds Sam (the shape-shifter) extremely attractive and she even shares a kiss with him, a kiss they clearly both enjoy and would like to take further. There's also Eric the Viking vampire, who is very attracted to Sookie, and it's clearly mutual; the kiss they share also indicates that Sookie's commitment to Bill may not be all that serious. I don't know whether Harris plans another book in this series, but if it also deals with murders which look as if they could have been committed by vampires, and Sookie using her mind-reading abilities to solve violent crime, the theme will get just a little old...
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Summary: Living Dead in Dallas
Review: Please write more books in this series and do it quickly. I enjoyed the combination of romance/mystery and humor.
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Summary: Better than the first one!!
Review: I really enjoyed the first one althought the first part of the book, the set up, was a little slow... But that was her first in the series so she had to set up the people and background....
I'd give the Dead Until Dark a 4 or 4.5... but this one I'd give a 5+! GREAT read!!! Sookie is a great character. I liked the way she brought more 'supernaturals' into the book! I can't wait for her next one! I agree... Please write more SOON!!!!!
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Summary: Great Book! - And Series!
Review: I really enjoyed this second book of the "Dead Until Dark" series (as well as the first). Many will say that Ms. Harris' series is too much like the "Anita Blake" series by Laurell K. Hamilton. That's because there are many simularities and parallels existing in both series. All that aside, Ms. Harris' series is pretty darn good - and in spite of the simularities - there are many differences as well (who know, maybe both authors came up with the same general idea.) I have very much enjoyed Ms. Harris' writing style and talent. I just hope she doesn't make the same mistakes Laurell K. Hamilton has made and ruin this particular character and series.
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Summary: What a series!
Review: I finished reading Dead Until Dark, which i absoloutley loved! And I just finished reading Living Dead in Dallas. I'm not sure which of the two I like better, but all that matters is that these books blow you out of the water! This series is fresh, funny, suspensful and romantic. I have never read a series I was more interested in, but I'm still young. I wasn't to crazy about Sookie leaving her small town for big city Dallas, but I was pleasantly mistaken. The huge adventure (dangerous ones) she had in Dallas were the best part of the book. I'm not to crazy about Eric, who's quite a threat. But I adore Sookie (though the things she does, does tick me off a bit sometimes; which makes her all the more interesting) Bill (who is my favourite character) Stan (who I am very interested in and hope to see more of in and upcomming series). I also like new characters in this book, as well, the situation with the Fellowship was nail biting! This series is so original, certainly not a "go between" kind of book. Once you've read it, your hooked. Charlaine Harris certainly has a charm for writing. There is so much to say about this book and the series, but I'll stop here (who likes reading two page reviews anyway)?. However, one question still puzzles me... Can the vampires in this series come into mortal homes uninvited. I watched every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which is amazing), and that rule is, no vampire may enter private property without being invited.
Just a question.
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Summary: I'm I the only one who sees these books as a copy ?
Review: I'm shocked that so many have compared this series of books to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series and have not noticed just how much Harris is coping of off Hamilton. So what if she cut out some of the gore, she still has the love triangles between the herorine, vampires, and shapeshifers. The vampires have their own little protocol levels in both series and the shapeshifters have their little communities. Not to mention this all out every-male-wants-a-piece-of-that attraction to the heroine is abundant in both books. It is so like the Anita Blake series that is makes the whole story line redundant. I don't believe Harris is up to par with Hamilton. With Hamilton you have a clear mental image of what is occuring in the story regardless if it is a fight scene or a love scene. With Harris either one is not very clear. I had to read the parts over several times to understand who was hitting who or who was hitting on who (depending on fight or love). The only good thing I can say about the series is that it can serve as a go between while a reader waits on the next Anita Blake series. For those of you who considered this series as being orginial and different, pick up Laurell K. Hamimlton's series. They have been around far longer and are still very popular.
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Summary: As much fun as the first book...
Review: Charlaine Harris does not disappoint in the second installment of the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse and the vampire Bill. The relationship develops (with the traditional "green-eyed monster" making an appearance), old friends reappear, interesting new characters join the fun, while some nasty characters make some interesting exits. If you liked the first book , you'll love this one! Fortunately for me, it arrived right after I finished reading the first book, otherwise I would have had some intense withdrawal symptoms! I have read vast quantities of vampire fiction, but don' t remember ever having nearly as much fun as with the Sookie books! Very tightly plotted, with lots of action, humor and vivid characters, both books prove that good things do indeed come in small packages, no matter how hard Ann Rice may try to convince you otherwise! I'll take Ms. Harris any day -- hope she continues the Southern Vampire series very soon! Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys an intelligently written story and has a wicked sense of humor.
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